Computer Storage Devices
A hardware device, such as a hard disk or floppy disk, used to record and store data.
Here are some examples of storage devices in the computer.
Here are some examples of storage devices in the computer.
1.)Floppy Disk
They are plastic square disks, usually with a silver or black sliding piece going across the top. These disks come in a variety of colors and they hold about 144 million bytes. (Bytes are characters, symbols and letters).
2.)A DVD – R Disc (Digital Video Recordable)
These discs hold the space of about 4.7 GB and are used to record movies on.
3.)CD + RW Disc (Compact Disc Rewriteable)
This disc looks like a regular CD. The only difference is that you can write on this disc and erase it as many times as you want. It works just like a floppy disk or a zip disk. A CD + RW disc holds about 650 MB.
4.)Flash Drive
This a storage device that comes in many colors and has a stick shape to it. They are very small in size, but they can hold anywhere between 256 MB and 3 GB of material on them.